Dip-net



(No Model.)

Patented Sept. 13, 1892.

DIP NET.

0. o o o O o o o o o o o o o o F. HANISH.

WITNESSES .UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK HANISH, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

DIP-NET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,635,dated September13, 1892.

. Application filed April 21, 1892. $erial No. 430,057. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK HANISH, of Terre Haute, in the county of Vigoand State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Seines or Nets; and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form part of this specifioation.

The invention relates to certain improvements in fishing appliances, andmore particularly to improvements in seines.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved construction ofseine, cheap, simple, and durable, and very effective in operation, andwhich can be folded to retain the minnows or other fish within the sameafter they have been entrapped.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction andcombinationsof parts more fully described hereinafter, and partied larlypointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, asin use. Fig. 2 is a top plan thereof. Fig. 3 shows the same folded. Fig.4c is a detail view illustrating a modification.

In the drawings referenceletter a indicates the seine. This seine isprovided with a supporting-frame working on the principle of anumbrella-frame, and in this particular construction the seine a issuspended from the lower ends of the ribs b, which at their upper endsare attached to the upper portion of the stick 0.

01 indicates a runner on the stick provided with the stretohers foroperating the ribs. It is evident that when the runner is forced up thesame will be stretched into operative position, as shown in Fig. 1, andwhen the runner is forced down toward the lower end of the short sticka, the ribs are brought together below the stick and the seine is closedby bringing its edges together and is suspended from the lower ends ofthe ribs, as shown in Fig. 3. The upper end of the stick is providedwith an aperture or eye 6 to receive rod f, so that the seine can beheld in the water a distance from the person manipulating the same. Abait-bag g is removably suspended from the lower end of the stick 0, so

as to hang centrally within the seine, and this bag is provided,preferably, with a weight h, sulticient to sink the entire apparatus.The bait-bag is preferably removably suspended by means g, preferablyconsisting of a hook at its upper end entering an eye in the lower endof the stick. By this means the bait-bag can be removed when the seineis to be folded. If desired, a rigid ring 1' can be secured in theseine, so that the seine will be held expanded, as shown in Fig. 4, whenfolded, whereby capacity will be increased, the upper edges of the seinein this case being preferably tied or secured to the lower ends of theribs when the apparatus is folded.

It should be observed that the bait-bag, having the weight, rests in thecenter of the seine and holds it in proper position when in use, andthat in operation the seine rests fiat in the water, and when it isdrawn up the bottom or central portion hangs down in the shape of apocket, which catches and holds the minnows.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is

1. A minnow-seine consisting of the seine proper, the umbrella-framesupporting the same and having a short stick, and the baitbag suspendedfrom the end of the stick so the seine attached to the lower ends of theribs, the runner having the stretcher-s to close and open the ribs, anda bait-bag suspended from the stick within the seine, and a weight orsinker, substantially as described.

3. A minnow-seine comprising a stick, a 5

weighted bait-bag removably suspended in the lower end thereof, anumbrella-frame carried by the stick, a seine attached to the lower endsof the ribs of the umbrella-frame,

the upper end of said stick being formed for attachment to a fishing rodor pale, substan- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as tially asdescribed. my ownIaffix my signature in presence of two 10 4. The seineconsisting of the stick adapted Witnesses.

to have a bait-bag suspended from its lower end, the ribs, stretchers,and runners carried by said stick, and the seine attached to theWitnesses:

lower ends of the ribs, so as to be beneath ALLEN J. WEINHARDT,

the bait-bag. JOHN HARDWICK.

F RANK HANISH.

